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ressembler
ressembler
French
Verb
ressembler
- (transitive) To resemble, to be similar to
- (intransitive) To look like, to have physical similarities to (followed by à)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ressembler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ressembler | avoir ressemblé | |||||
| gerund | en ressemblant | en ayant ressemblé | |||||
| present participle | ressemblant /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ressemblé /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
ressembles /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
ressemblons /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɔ̃/ |
ressemblez /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/ |
ressemblent /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
| imperfect | ressemblais /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/ |
ressemblais /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/ |
ressemblait /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/ |
ressemblions /ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/ |
ressembliez /ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.je/ |
ressemblaient /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ressemblai /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/ |
ressemblas /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla/ |
ressembla /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla/ |
ressemblâmes /ʁə.sɑ̃.blam/ |
ressemblâtes /ʁə.sɑ̃.blat/ |
ressemblèrent /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛʁ/ |
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| future | ressemblerai /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁe/ |
ressembleras /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa/ |
ressemblera /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa/ |
ressemblerons /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
ressemblerez /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁe/ |
ressembleront /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ressemblerais /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
ressemblerais /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
ressemblerait /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
ressemblerions /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ressembleriez /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁje/ |
ressembleraient /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
ressembles /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
ressemblions /ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/ |
ressembliez /ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.je/ |
ressemblent /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
| imperfect1 |
ressemblasse /ʁə.sɑ̃.blas/ |
ressemblasses /ʁə.sɑ̃.blas/ |
ressemblât /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla/ |
ressemblassions /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
ressemblassiez /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla.sje/ |
ressemblassent /ʁə.sɑ̃.blas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
— | ressemblons /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɔ̃/ |
ressemblez /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/ |
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